Portable tool tray



Mart]: 26, 1940. HMGH 2,195,366

PORTABLE TOOL TRAY Filed April 21, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March'zey 1940 w. H. HAIGH 2,195,366

- PORTABLE TOOL TRAY Filed- April 21, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a used in repairing a motor-vehicle.

'15 for mechanics working .on an automobile orother" A sleeve 20 is slidably mounted on post l3 above "15* i 20 A particular'advantage of the invention resides nd :a bolt 25 to, pivotally 1 11 afjaw 20.

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Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevational View;

Figures (land are vertical sectional views to swiveuy and removably Support tray Re; 45

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i PORTABLE 'roon TRAY v H. Haigh'; Oakland Beach, R. I. I I npt ieationn nl 2 1;; 1938, Serial No. 203,455 I e a 'j-j' e 'olaiins, m1; sis-Anti a e v N This invention relates to .a; portable tool tray j appli n o e nve i WhiQI the! 1 1 3 adapted to be removably clarn'ped toa motor ve-i= after he desc'rib'ed.=

f v hicle bumper to supportandretain the tray in'a" -The invention designated-generally1 2 includes convenient position for holding tools and' pa-rts1 a'post or standard I3 having an upper threaded -2 portion lfi'and a longitudinal groove l 5 .jA- collar= 6* It is a particular aim of :this invention to pro glfiismounted-on'post 13 adjacent to its lowerend, vide a generahutility tray on which toolsf'and nd ',U h l ed 12 i n a em nt mechanical p-artsmay be conveniently held, said?- w th Side f f and 'W hP SQH by nut tray being eccentri'c'allymountedtopermitit to be ndb'olt' 3 w ch x ld throughthezintermei0v turned toward or away from the vehicle depend- 5 diatelportion ,o'ffjaw "I 1 and through; collar l6 -10 ing upon the shape of the body and the space'be and the post l3; Jaw I! is 'swivelly mounted on tween the bumper and. body. i e the bolt l8, but' its movement is limitedby-"anout-fi It is a particular aim of this-inventionftospro .Wardly. extending flange 9 011 o a j 0r a 7 videla tray which may belocated conveniently I purpose which will hereinafterbefully explained.

motor vehicleand adapted tohold oily-partsl and" L5,- and S'p' Q with i' i cod w -w tools which 'would 'fotherwise "be 'laid"',on"th'e r,portion'-2l. on which is mountedaa collarfl held running board orcowl of the car thus preventing n-P Q by a retaining n -1' C 225518 p o-.-

oil spots which marth'e body finish. -vide'd with a pairof spaced ear's' 24, throughwhich in the fact that it eliminates the necessity of using 3 1 35 21 are m unted on either S de of jaw 26 j v a large tool box on small repair jobs prevents the' as best S e in Fi ure 5, 130 59 3 l w f he 7. loss of parts removedior repair or replacement; ears 24W) u i freedom of e e t. Jaw and permits the carrying of a number of small jlfl 'p d with rearwardly, extendingpm- 25 parts andtools from place to place with ease 'jection in its upper:part adapted to extend lifting the tray out of engagement with its sup-' througha slot 28 o f port o 2| a e' i porting post. v r Groove l5 is V-shaped'in cross-section; and por- Further objects and advantages of the inven+"1 tion 8 is per d'to 'ed at i inn r end to i I tion will hereinafter become fully apparent from- "'fi the gI' V l5, b t- Seen Io ,-1 A 00 1 the following descriptionof the drawings wherein P gl 0 iS mo n e jri a recess 3! in the lower 30 a preferred form of the invention is illustrated part of jaw nd normally urges the jawup and in which like'reference characters throu h wardly to Cause porti nifito frictionally engage out the various views rep-resent like'or correspon'dgr v l5 to retain sleeve 20'andf'jaw 26 against jng parts. i movement relatively to the post. .1 r

v I ;A-nut 32havingoutwardly"extending-handles. Figure 1 is aside elevational view'showing the or knobs 33 is mounted on the threaded portion invention applied to the front bumper ofan auto U of P051? d e 'fi p e d of mobile, r sleeve 20 as best'seen in Figure 5. v,

Figure 2 is a'front elevational view ofthe same, :7, Acylindrical postvhead 34 a 'at r d 1 D- per end '35 and a bore 36 opening in its lower end,

similar to Figure 2 of'the lower part'of the post-' end of q showing the jaws engag ng the inclined portion of pgsltlon thereon by fafstemng A a Vehicle bumper e V v s I tray is provided with an upset recess 39 in 'its bottom, into which extends the .end- 35'of head 34 taken on the ne 7 5 repet1ve1y 9 'jfcess 39'i's offset from the center of the tray 38' m 2, s u p as seeni-in Figure 4, for a purpose which will be Flgules 6 a 7 'h on Sectlonal ws .hereafterlexplained. The tray 38 may be of "any" taken on the lines 66 and '!'-'l respectivelyot desired"shape and is provided withzan upwardlyl it s i I extending flange 40'of anyconventional construe- Figure 8 is a front, elevationl view of the tion. i o h 1 lower U-sha'ped jaw. v a a From the foregoing it will be seenijfthat jaw 26- Referring more particularly to the drawings, I may be adjusted relatively to jaw'l'Lso that the III designates the radiator shell of a motor vehicle, j jaws will engage'the opposite edges of a vehicle: and H its front bumper shown toillustrsite'the bumper-ll. By turning nut 3 2 sleeve, ZOmaybe -55 the tray mayxbeturned as indicated in Figure 1;;

right is therefore expressly reserved to make 30 vehicle bumper, asleeve slidably. mounted onthe adapted toengage the'upper. edge of the bumper,

hold portion 28 outof frictional engagement with; 25 a H U v 2,195,366 r ii moved downwardly to move jaw 26 toward jaw I! to clamp the bumper between the jaws. Jaw H which is U-shap'ed as best seen in Figure '7, has a pair of outwardly extending arms 41 forming the jaw elements which engage the bumper. N t

Jaws l1 and 26 are each provided Withthe notched orserrated faces 42 to: securely engage the opposite, edges of the bumper l 1. Frequently the ends of a bumper II are inclined, so the 'jaw I? is mounted to turn relativelyj to thepost l3, as best seeriin Figure 3, so that when the device is used with an inclined bumper H the post l3 will b supp in n up position m0 n't"" "said last mentioned jaw having a projection exthe tray 38 in a horizontal position. Traviifi'is tendinginto said groove, iric-tionally engaging eccentrically mounted on end 35, so that should I same and normally holding the sleeve against the radiator ll] of the vehicle project'outwardlyf movementrelatively to' the post, and operating :means forsaid sleeve to ,move the jaws into to accommodate it tojtheshape of 'the radi'ator. clamping engagement.

In removing the device, nut 32 is first moved- 3;'-In a-to'ol tray and support, a; post havin ewer l 1 5 n eeme t i hsle ve a e nai-nterm dia et dr o uer which sleeve 2% may be moved upwardlybypres sjawgmembersecured to the lower p-art of the post ing downwardly, on the outer end of jaw; 25-; to and-adapted toengage the lowe r; edgeof a vehicle operating means for said sleeve to move the upper jaw into clamping engagement with the bumper, and'means on the, upper-jaw extending through the sleeve to frictionally engage the post.

' 2. A motor vehicle tool tray sup-portco-mprising a post having an intermediate threaded portion and a longitudinal groove, a U-shaped membersecuredto the lower end of said post having outwardly extending ends forming a lower jaw 'adaptedto engage; the'lower edge of a vehicle a jjaw pivotally connected to said sleeve and adapted to engage the upper edge of the bumper,

groove 1 5.

' a, jaw p-ivotally connected to, said sleeve and having QW%Id .Y,, F c io 9 en the post, a ,coilspringlnormally urging said pro- Ye -9 e,; eh e an m t n n h @0 struotion and arrangement of the parts may obe viously be made and are contemplated, and the,

tionally retain the sleeve in position, a wing-nut mounted on the threadedp'ortion of the post and vei'1 i g r1 g oneend of said sleeve .to rnove said last mentioned jaw into clamping engagement with the upper edge of the bumper, and a tray having an upset recess in its bottom offset from the cente ir thereof to receive thehpper end of the post and toremovablyand swivellymount the tray for adjustment relatively to the vehicle'body.

such variations and changesfas do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe'invention as hereinafter'defined by the appended claims.

I claimasmy invention: ,1 J l. ,A" device of the class descrihedlcomprising a. post, a jaw secured to the lower end .ofj-said post and-adapted to engage. the lower edge of ax post, a .jaw'pivotallymount'ed'on thesleeve and. i Y, a

WILLIAM HAIGH.

bumper a sleeve slidably mounted. on said post,

,jgctioninto engagement with the post to fricbumper, :a sleeve slidably mounted on said post, 

